{"id":46195,"date":"2026-05-08T00:31:27","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T00:31:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=46195"},"modified":"2026-05-08T00:31:27","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T00:31:27","slug":"%f0%9f%9a%a8breaking-following-a-statistically-bad-2025-performance-from-their-wide-receivers-the-kansas-city-chiefs-are-under-immense-pressure-to-find-patrick-mahomes-a-veteran-playmaker-with","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=46195","title":{"rendered":"\ud83d\udea8BREAKING: Following a statistically &#8220;bad&#8221; 2025 performance from their wide receivers, the Kansas City Chiefs are under immense pressure to find Patrick Mahomes a veteran playmaker. With Rashee Rice, Xavier Worthy, and Tyquan Thornton all recording low efficiency scores, and Hollywood Brown departing for the Eagles, analysts are calling the current room a major liability for a Super Bowl contender.\ud83d\udc47"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0Kansas City Chiefs\u00a0had a lot of things go wrong in 2025.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/.image\/c_fill,g_faces:center\/MjExNjAxMzI5MjUwOTAzNTg3\/usatsi_25042204.jpg\" alt=\"Chiefs Announce Free Agent Move After Unfortunate News - Athlon Sports\" \/><\/p>\n<p>One of the problems? Their wide receivers, even the ones who were supposed to be good, were bad. That&#8217;s not ideal for helping Patrick Mahomes be the best at his job at the quarterback position.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The performance of the Chiefs&#8217; wide receivers, according to\u00a0ESPN&#8217;s receiver scores\u00a0last season, were significantly bad,&#8221;\u00a0ESPN&#8217;s Aaron Schatz wrote in a new article\u00a0on Thursday as he noted that the Chiefs&#8217; biggest remaining need is to find a wideout. &#8220;Rashee Rice\u00a0is generally believed to be one of the league&#8217;s top slot receivers, but he scored just a 49 out of 100 in an off season.\u00a0Tyquan Thornton\u00a0had a 36 and\u00a0Xaiver Worthy\u00a0just a 25.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Chiefs actually let a few veterans get away. Hollywood Brown signed with the\u00a0Eagles\u00a0after departing Kansas City in free agency, and JuJu Smith-Schuster remains unsigned but doesn&#8217;t appear to be coming back to the Chiefs.<\/p>\n<p>Despite that, Kansas City hasn&#8217;t done much to improve the group this offseason.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The top player behind these three (returning) receivers is 2025 fourth-round pick\u00a0Jalen Royals, who had just two catches in his rookie season for 4 yards,&#8221; Schatz wrote. &#8220;The Chiefs also have return specialist\u00a0Nikko Remigio\u00a0and fifth-round rookie\u00a0Cyrus Allen. They really must add a veteran free agent here.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>There are still a number of prominent wideouts available in free agency, including the likes of Jauan Jennings, Stefon Diggs and Deebo Samuel.<\/p>\n<p>Kansas City is obviously an appealing destination from a football standpoint. There should be depth chart opportunity as well as the chance to play for a Super Bowl contender that is quarterbacked by a superstar in Mahomes.<\/p>\n<p>With so many names still out there, the Chiefs can play the waiting game here for a while to see if prices drop even further. Eventually, though, it seems they definitely need to make a move<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0Kansas City Chiefs\u00a0had a lot of things go wrong in 2025. One of the problems? 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